Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984

Anker, Sammy De Grave and Arthur, 2017, An annotated checklist of marine caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Malacostraca: Decapoda) of the Caribbean coast of Panama, Nauplius (e 2017015) 25, pp. 1-40 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14666513
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scientific name	Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984
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Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984 View in CoL

Previous records. Knowlton and Weigt, 1998: 2258 [Caribbean Panama]; Williams et al., 2001: 377 [Caribbean Panama].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 1 spec., Isla Colón , Playa de las Estrellas, 09°24.297’N 082°19.490’W, in burrow in muddy sand close to mangrove creek, suction pump, less than 0.5 m, leg. A. Anker, 09.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008-14-083.

Remarks. Distributed in the western Atlantic from Florida to Santa Catarina, Brazil, with few records in the Caribbean Sea ( Soledade and Almeida, 2013); in burrows in estuaries and mangroves, intertidal to about 5 m.